Lowering the age limit for this morning after pill is another measure that'll hopefully help control pregnancy at a really young age. Let's hope this goes well.

Now, maybe we can go to court to make EC available to 16 1/2 year olds . . . then maybe 16 . . . then 15 1/2 . . .

There doesn't seem to be any minimum standard of courage to be in the bureaucracy. The original commission was to make it available over-the-counter. We need to call on the FDA to review the decision, not just "decline to appeal" piecemeal rulings.

How disappointing.

--Lon--

This should have been done a long time ago. The reasons for holding this back were theological rather than scientific.

I'm curious, what exactly do conservatives want? Complete abstinence? That will never ever happen.

They don't want to care for these mothers and children. They don't want to educate teens. Do they have any other ideas on how to deal with teen pregnancy?

I'm still kind of surprised the courts actually approved this.

I know of parents who had talks with their daughter about sex. They included a request that if the child feels a need for birth control medication to let the parent know and it will be provided, no questions asked. I don't know if she ever requested.

On the other hand I know of parents who offered $100 to a daughter if she graduated without being pregnant. The girl did not receive the money.

Cause and effect are interesting forces.

Here's a link to a good article on this topic . . . according to this, Judge Korman has required the FDA to reconsider any age restrictions. My "reservation" on that is that the original request from the pharmaceutical company was for 16 and over. So, there's a lot of bureaucratic room for mischief between doing what the judge has ordered and granting Barr Lab's request . . . and we know who falls into those gaps.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090423/ap_on_he_me/us_morning_after_pill

--Lon--